I dunno about you guys but the only guys that looked "old and slow" are on that list (ie: Iginla, Morrow and Murray). Kennedy was a bad cap hit this season. Only player that will remotely "hurt" will be the loss of Matt Cooke. That being said, the addition of Scuds more than makes up for Cookie's departure.

Hawkeynut wrote:I dunno about you guys but the only guys that looked "old and slow" are on that list (ie: Iginla, Morrow and Murray). Kennedy was a bad cap hit this season. Only player that will remotely "hurt" will be the loss of Matt Cooke. That being said, the addition of Scuds more than makes up for Cookie's departure.

I'm with you Hawkeynut. The only complaint I have about the current team's makeup is that it may be, MAY BE, a bit soff. Doesn't seem to be a team that opponents hate to play against. Ah well, you can't have everything.

Shero has painted himself into a corner. The Pens won the Cup with a great 3rd line - now all those players are gone. Now Dupius will be a bad cap hit. What is so laughable - all the defensive prospects the team is supposed to have. Why is Shero over spending on defensive free agents?

Puck Drama wrote:Shero has painted himself into a corner. The Pens won the Cup with a great 3rd line - now all those players are gone. Now Dupius will be a bad cap hit. What is so laughable - all the defensive prospects the team is supposed to have. Why is Shero over spending on defensive free agents?

Here is a list of players that received a higher annual salary Dupuis, but produced less than him last year:

Puck Drama wrote:Shero has painted himself into a corner. The Pens won the Cup with a great 3rd line - now all those players are gone. Now Dupius will be a bad cap hit. What is so laughable - all the defensive prospects the team is supposed to have. Why is Shero over spending on defensive free agents?

Here is a list of players that received a higher annual salary Dupuis, but produced less than him last year:

Puck Drama wrote:Shero has painted himself into a corner. The Pens won the Cup with a great 3rd line - now all those players are gone. Now Dupius will be a bad cap hit. What is so laughable - all the defensive prospects the team is supposed to have. Why is Shero over spending on defensive free agents?

Here is a list of players that received a higher annual salary Dupuis, but produced less than him last year:

Except those comparisons only make sense if those players had had a similar opportunity to play alongside Sidney Crosby or Evgeni Malkin last season. That is not to suggest Dupuis' contract is necessarily a bad move by the Penguins (I happen to think it may be two years too long, but it is not a crippling move by any means), but those are apples-to-oranges comparisons.

DayWalker wrote:Except those comparisons only make sense if those players had had a similar opportunity to play alongside Sidney Crosby or Evgeni Malkin last season. That is not to suggest Dupuis' contract is necessarily a bad move by the Penguins (I happen to think it may be two years too long, but it is not a crippling move by any means), but those are apples-to-oranges comparisons.

Right, there is no doubt that some of them may have scored more than Dupuis on Sid's line, but not at Dupuis' price.

DayWalker wrote:Except those comparisons only make sense if those players had had a similar opportunity to play alongside Sidney Crosby or Evgeni Malkin last season. That is not to suggest Dupuis' contract is necessarily a bad move by the Penguins (I happen to think it may be two years too long, but it is not a crippling move by any means), but those are apples-to-oranges comparisons.

Right, there is no doubt that some of them may have scored more than Dupuis on Sid's line, but not at Dupuis' price.

That is the benefit of having Dupuis on the roster so that he can take that hometown discount. My concern is the contract given to the disappearing act on Crosby's other wing.

DayWalker wrote:Except those comparisons only make sense if those players had had a similar opportunity to play alongside Sidney Crosby or Evgeni Malkin last season. That is not to suggest Dupuis' contract is necessarily a bad move by the Penguins (I happen to think it may be two years too long, but it is not a crippling move by any means), but those are apples-to-oranges comparisons.

Right, there is no doubt that some of them may have scored more than Dupuis on Sid's line, but not at Dupuis' price.

That is the benefit of having Dupuis on the roster so that he can take that hometown discount. My concern is the contract given to the disappearing act on Crosby's other wing.

He had a better year than Dupuis last year, so the same rules apply. No one else can match that production for that price. Is the name of the game we'll play when we have top talent in Malkin and Sid.

DayWalker wrote:Except those comparisons only make sense if those players had had a similar opportunity to play alongside Sidney Crosby or Evgeni Malkin last season. That is not to suggest Dupuis' contract is necessarily a bad move by the Penguins (I happen to think it may be two years too long, but it is not a crippling move by any means), but those are apples-to-oranges comparisons.

Right, there is no doubt that some of them may have scored more than Dupuis on Sid's line, but not at Dupuis' price.

That is the benefit of having Dupuis on the roster so that he can take that hometown discount. My concern is the contract given to the disappearing act on Crosby's other wing.

He had a better year than Dupuis last year, so the same rules apply. No one else can match that production for that price. Is the name of the game we'll play when we have top talent in Malkin and Sid.

Puck Drama wrote:Shero has painted himself into a corner. The Pens won the Cup with a great 3rd line - now all those players are gone. Now Dupius will be a bad cap hit. What is so laughable - all the defensive prospects the team is supposed to have. Why is Shero over spending on defensive free agents?

Here is a list of players that received a higher annual salary Dupuis, but produced less than him last year:

Except those comparisons only make sense if those players had had a similar opportunity to play alongside Sidney Crosby or Evgeni Malkin last season. That is not to suggest Dupuis' contract is necessarily a bad move by the Penguins (I happen to think it may be two years too long, but it is not a crippling move by any means), but those are apples-to-oranges comparisons.

Dupuis still put up numbers when Malkin and Sid were hurt, and he was not playing along side of them. I think Dupuis is the type of guy that could play with anyone and still be productive.